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Fri 26th,Picked up at 5am ready for our 6.55 flight to Koh Sumui,arrived at Nakhom si thammarat airport about 1 1/2 hours later really nice flight,not too much about at the airport(1 man and his dog)booked a taxi to Suratthani Port then a ferry to Donsak,staying at the Coral Cove Bungalows Hotel,nice hotel but no beach just a few rocks,but nice beaches about 10mins away,myself and Jamie got a taxi into town to have a look round,quite a few seedy bars with a couple of lady boy's about,got a bike taxi home.
Sat 27th,We hired some scooters today to have a look around,only afew quid for24hrs,went to the North of the island and saw the big Buddha,really nice place on a small island,Jamie and I went back into town and watched England get robbed by Ireland in the rugby.
Sun 28th,Rode our bikes to Cgaweng beach,really nice but bloody hot,then came back to the hotel and layed by the pool.
Mon 1st,Waiting around today waiting for the full moon party so did'nt venture too far away,wanted to book an early boat to Koh Panghan but the boats get booked up so early the 1st one we could get was the 10pm,so went for a ride on the bikes and had something to eat,Ian not feeling great so stayed in,taxi picked myself and Jamie up about 9.15pm,really fast speed boats take you over(about 20 people at a time)arrived about 11pm,already people falling about drunk,we got to te beach,music loud and loads of people going slighty mad,as if by magic we bumped into the Sleazy boy's,so wehad a few quiet beers with them,great night and got the boat back home about 5am.MAD !!!!.
Tues 2nd,Recovering a bit today,still feeling strange so rode up to the hospital to get checked out,saw a doc who could speak english said I was having bad side effects from Malarone so put me on some more tablets to get the Malarone out of my system,cost me a few quid but will claim it back on insurance,even after 2 tablets started to feel better,if you take the tablets properly and not mix them with excessive alcohol and not get dehydrated I think the tablets would be fine.
Wed 3rd,Lovely day so sat by the pool all day,was hoping to get the boat to Ko Toa but fully booked,no good for us our diving course is booked for the morning.
Thurs 4th,Picked up at 7am for our 8am boat to Ko Toa,have sorted the dive out we just start a day after the Sleazy boy's,only takes about 2 1/2 hours so got to our accommodation about 11am,the Padi Shack,meet up with the boy's who were all sat about watching the dive videos,we started our course at 3pm,just doing paper work and watching videos in a hot room,I had to go to the doc's to make sure I was ok to dive,he said the tablets were ok but my ear's needed suringing so gave me some drops to take and had to go back at 8pm,decided to hire a moped to go back but luckily enough the lights did'nt work so he took me on the back of his bike,I say luckily because he got lost getting there so I would have been there for day's,got the ear's done so ready for the morning dive.
Fri 5th,Started the course at 9am,a few more video's to watch then getting ready for our first dive at about 12.30,went out on a small boat from the beach to the dive boat,full boat so not a lot of room to move about,all the gear on and all the info taken in,our dive instructor was an English bloke called Luke,we had a really good dive down to about 10m,saw all sorts of coloured fish and coral,back on shore and wash all the gear ready for the morning.Met up with the rest of the boy's and 10 of us went next door for a nice buffet dinner.
Sat 6th,7am start for all of us so busy boat again,1st dive we went down to12m,did some skills like taking your mask off,taking your breathing gear off and different other things you have to learn in case something goe's wrong,2nd dive we went down 14.6m,my ear's are really starting to hurt but carried on,we went back for lunch about 12 then we had our exam,we all passed about 94% average,after lunch we did our final dive of the day,another good dive doing other skills and seeing some new fish,got out and washed the gear again,could'nt hear anything so went to the doc's again,he looked into my ears and took me off the dive straight away he said I had blood behind both ear's due to the pressure,so with only 2 dives to do I was off,Ian and Jamie were fine so they had 2 dive's to look forward to in the morning,I had a look at getting a flight to Kuala Lumpar.
Sun 7th,Got up at 7am for the 8am boat with Ian and Jamie to watch them dive,they both did well and earned thier fins,we got back after thier 2 dives,filled in some more forms and received our dive diary's,we will get our Padi cards tomorrow.We then hired some scooters to have a look around the lovely island,went as far North as we could go then bumped into the sleazy boys coming the other way,we teamed up to make our convoy to the other side of the island,found some great places then stopped off at a nice beach to listen to a bloke playing music and having a beer as the sun was going down,we bought a paper air ballon you can buy,we all signed it and sent it on it's way to the ballon grave in the sky,went back to get changed and I still had my bike so took Aaron on the back with me the rest were out for the night so got a taxi,we got back about 10.30 dropped the bike off,said goodbye to Aaron(great bloke)will meet up with him again in Cairo,used Skype and then felt ill again so went to bed to get woken up by Jamie and Ian about 3am.
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